That was a given. Elder Qian was known as the Phantom Talent in the literary circle. He wasn’t a part of the Beijing Couplet Organization, nor the Beijing Writers’ Association, but he was a member of the National Writers’ Association. His reputation was very high, and he was well-known for giving extremely difficult questions, and not only in the field of couplets. He was one of the examiners at this year’s college entrance examinations, too. His questions were usually not given to grade a student, but to differentiate the good students from the bad.
A lot of contestants had now given up, including many distinguished authors and university professors. When met with such a question and hearing the conversation between Elder Qian and Big Thunder, everyone knew that they had to give up, and that there was no chance of them passing the preliminary round. They might as well be content with being the audience today.
All of them gave up, except for Zhang Ye, who was still staring at the question. His eyes were even blinking.. because this couplet was one that he had seen before!